WORLD GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Japanese gymnast Hiroyuki Tomita celebrates all around victory at the Rod Laver Arena for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia on November 23, 2005. Tomita, 25, finished with a total of 56.698 points on six apparatus to claim the gold medal and world all around title. (UPI Photo / Grace Chiu)
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